[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15657-15658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8394]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    Pursuant to section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and 
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651; 80 Stat. 
897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 4211, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 97-021. Applicant: Duke University, 103 Old 
Chemistry Building, Durham, NC 27708. Instrument: ICP Mass 
Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad 3. Manufacturer: VG Elemental, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The article is intended to be used for studies 
of geologic samples including rocks, sediments and natural waters to 
determine their chemical compositions, particularly their trace element 
composition. In addition, the instrument will be used for educational 
purposes in the course Geo 273S: Analytical Techniques. Other education 
objectives of the instrument are use by graduate students to obtain 
geochemical data as part of the Masters and Doctoral theses and by 
undergraduates to obtain data for their Independent Study projects and 
honors theses. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 
7, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-922. Applicant: Rutgers University, PO Box 6999, 
Piscataway, NJ 08855. Instrument: 20/20 SI Mass Spectrometer. 
Manufacturer: Europa Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for studies of plants, animals and other 
organic materials along with inorganic materials which contain carbon, 
nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur or hydrogen/deuterium. The objective of the 
investigations will be to use the stable isotopes that are contained in 
inorganic matter to reveal the role of organisms in the food chains. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the 
course Environmental Applications of Stable Isotope Mass Spectroscopy. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 7, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-023. Applicant: Wayne State University, 5050 
Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, MI 48202. Instrument: Optical Biosensor 
with Accessories, Model BIOS-1. Manufacturer: Artificial Sensing 
Instruments, Switzerland. Intended Use: The article is intended to be 
used to measure the rate of deposition of protein molecules from a 
flowing solution onto a solid substrate in order to understand the 
compatibility of artificial organs and other biomaterials. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 10, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-027. Applicant: New Mexico Institute of Mining 
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Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801. Instrument: Electron 
Microprobe, Model SX 100. Manufacturer: Cameca, France. Intended Use: 
The article is intended to be used for measuring the x-ray intensity, 
backscattered and secondary electrons emitted by samples (minerals, 
rocks, glasses, metals, synthetic mineral phases and ceramics) when 
bombarded by a focussed electron beam. The data will be used for a 
number of types of geological, hydrological and metallurgical studies. 
In addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in 
the courses Geochemistry 589, Theory and Practice of Electron 
Microprobe Analysis and Geochemistry 489, Experimental Mineralogy. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 12, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-028. Applicant: Rutgers University, PO Box 6999, 
Piscataway, NJ 08855-6999. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model 
Element. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used in tandem with novel automated sampling 
technologies to determine spatial and temporal patterns of trace metals 
in sea water and suspended solids in the coastal zone and the 
dependence of these patterns on biological and physical processes. In 
addition, the instrument will be used to teach a hands-on 
instrumentation course for oceanographic and environmental work. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 12, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-8394 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am]
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